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158,735 people (2024) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Paterson, NJ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$55,997
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$41,360 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.4%
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
69.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
29.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.1%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
26.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.7%
May 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
8.1% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
26.1%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
31.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
34.1%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
37.2% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
9 /100k
May 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
9 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Paterson, NJ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
58.2%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
69.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
19.4%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
17.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
56.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
57.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
26.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
26.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
11.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.0%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
158,735
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
145,710 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$424,376
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$398,984 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$541,017
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$517,407 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,941
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$1,942 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
27.7%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
27.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
54.0%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
54.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 792 in May 2026, down from 942 a year earlier.
792 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Lakewood, CO 203 (Mar 26) 6th -73.5% 1st 42% below peers
Pasadena, TX 352 (May 26) 11th -36.7% 2nd on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 242 (May 26) 8th -27.5% 3rd 31% below peers
Charleston, SC 267 (May 26) 9th -24.3% 4th 24% below peers
Escondido, CA 334 (May 26) 10th -18.0% 5th 5% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 179 (May 26) 3rd -17.6% 6th 49% below peers
Alexandria, VA 142 (May 26) 2nd -17.2% 7th 60% below peers
Paterson, NJ 792 (May 26) 17th -16.0% 8th 125% above peers
Mesquite, TX 401 (May 26) 12th -14.2% 9th 14% above peers
Rockford, IL 871 (May 26) 18th -13.8% 10th 147% above peers
Corona, CA 225 (May 26) 7th -10.5% 11th 36% below peers
Pomona, CA 649 (May 26) 16th -9.0% 12th 85% above peers
Roseville, CA 184 (May 26) 4th -4.9% 13th 48% below peers
Killeen, TX 491 (Feb 26) 15th -3.7% 14th 40% above peers
Springfield, MO 1,227 (May 26) 20th +1.9% 15th 249% above peers
Springfield, MA 918 (May 26) 19th +5.0% 16th 161% above peers
Hayward, CA 452 (May 26) 14th +6.7% 17th 29% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 442 (May 26) 13th +10.0% 18th 26% above peers
Denton, TX 201 (Apr 26) 5th +10.9% 19th 43% below peers
Surprise, AZ 101 (May 26) 1st +12.8% 20th 71% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,116 in May 2026, down from 2,384 a year earlier.
2,116 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lakewood, CO 1,334 (Mar 26) 5th -72.5% 1st 17% below peers
Alexandria, VA 1,484 (May 26) 9th -36.5% 2nd 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 1,272 (May 26) 4th -33.7% 3rd 21% below peers
Charleston, SC 1,472 (May 26) 8th -28.3% 4th 8% below peers
Pasadena, TX 1,607 (May 26) 11th -24.4% 5th on par with peers
Roseville, CA 1,094 (May 26) 2nd -20.8% 6th 32% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 1,180 (May 26) 3rd -19.5% 7th 27% below peers
Mesquite, TX 2,179 (May 26) 15th -15.7% 8th 36% above peers
Corona, CA 1,454 (May 26) 7th -14.0% 9th 10% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1,638 (May 26) 12th -13.8% 10th 2% above peers
Hayward, CA 2,618 (May 26) 19th -13.6% 11th 63% above peers
Springfield, MA 2,365 (May 26) 17th -11.9% 12th 47% above peers
Paterson, NJ 2,116 (May 26) 14th -11.3% 13th 32% above peers
Pomona, CA 2,259 (May 26) 16th -11.2% 14th 41% above peers
Escondido, CA 1,381 (May 26) 6th -10.6% 15th 14% below peers
Rockford, IL 2,451 (May 26) 18th -8.2% 16th 53% above peers
Springfield, MO 3,847 (May 26) 20th -6.9% 17th 139% above peers
Surprise, AZ 785 (May 26) 1st +6.3% 18th 51% below peers
Denton, TX 1,736 (Apr 26) 13th +7.5% 19th 8% above peers
Killeen, TX 1,571 (Feb 26) 10th +10.4% 20th 2% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide fell about 7% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 9 in May 2026, down from 9 a year earlier.
9 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Surprise, AZ 1 (May 26) 1st -91.7% 1st 82% below peers
Hayward, CA 3 (May 26) 8th -63.7% 2nd 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 3 (May 26) 12th -61.5% 3rd 4% above peers
Lakewood, CO 1 (Mar 26) 5th -60.1% 4th 61% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 3 (May 26) 11th -49.9% 5th on par with peers
Alexandria, VA 1 (May 26) 2nd -49.9% 6th 81% below peers
Springfield, MA 7 (May 26) 17th -45.0% 7th 117% above peers
Rockford, IL 6 (May 26) 15th -40.0% 8th 86% above peers
Springfield, MO 5 (May 26) 14th -30.8% 9th 60% above peers
Killeen, TX 12 (Feb 26) 20th -13.7% 10th 257% above peers
Charleston, SC 6 (May 26) 16th -10.4% 11th 91% above peers
Paterson, NJ 9 (May 26) 19th -6.6% 12th 166% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 2 (May 26) 7th +0.0% 13th 29% below peers
Roseville, CA 1 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 14th 63% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 15th 81% below peers
Escondido, CA 1 (May 26) 6th +0.0% 16th 59% below peers
Denton, TX 3 (Apr 26) 10th +25.1% 17th 12% below peers
Mesquite, TX 8 (May 26) 18th +33.2% 18th 144% above peers
Pasadena, TX 3 (May 26) 9th +33.3% 19th 18% below peers
Corona, CA 4 (May 26) 13th +599.2% 20th 31% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 26% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 49% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 396 in May 2026, down from 536 a year earlier.
396 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lakewood, CO 193 (Mar 26) 10th -73.5% 1st 17% below peers
Surprise, AZ 51 (May 26) 1st -50.6% 2nd 78% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 89 (May 26) 3rd -49.3% 3rd 61% below peers
Escondido, CA 115 (May 26) 5th -41.0% 4th 50% below peers
Corona, CA 140 (May 26) 7th -37.5% 5th 39% below peers
Alexandria, VA 111 (May 26) 4th -37.0% 6th 52% below peers
Hayward, CA 719 (May 26) 20th -31.6% 7th 210% above peers
Charleston, SC 133 (May 26) 6th -31.5% 8th 43% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 182 (May 26) 9th -30.4% 9th 21% below peers
Springfield, MA 409 (May 26) 16th -29.2% 10th 77% above peers
Mesquite, TX 377 (May 26) 14th -26.5% 11th 63% above peers
Paterson, NJ 396 (May 26) 15th -26.0% 12th 71% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 342 (May 26) 13th -24.9% 13th 48% above peers
Roseville, CA 72 (May 26) 2nd -22.6% 14th 69% below peers
Killeen, TX 232 (Feb 26) 11th -18.6% 15th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 272 (May 26) 12th -17.8% 16th 17% above peers
Rockford, IL 422 (May 26) 18th -13.1% 17th 82% above peers
Pomona, CA 467 (May 26) 19th -10.1% 18th 102% above peers
Springfield, MO 418 (May 26) 17th -4.4% 19th 81% above peers
Denton, TX 168 (Apr 26) 8th +13.7% 20th 28% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,360 to $55,997 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,813). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($33,964 to $55,997).
$55,997
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $103,556 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 12th +49% 1st 15% above peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 15th +48% 2nd 2% above peers
Escondido, CA $91,967 11th +44% 3rd 15% above peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 8th +40% 4th 21% above peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 5th 107% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 22nd +37% 6th 22% below peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 26th +35% 7th 30% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 9th +35% 8th 15% above peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 13th +35% 9th 12% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 5th +34% 10th 49% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 30th +34% 11th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 12th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 13th 132% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 25th +32% 14th 29% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 17th +31% 15th 1% below peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 10th +31% 16th 15% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 6th +31% 17th 41% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 7th +30% 18th 36% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 14th +30% 19th 2% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 16th +29% 20th on par with peers
Denton, TX $76,019 18th +27% 21st 5% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 24th +26% 22nd 27% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 19th +25% 23rd 9% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 29th +24% 24th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 20th +24% 25th 16% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 27th +24% 26th 32% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 27th 94% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 23rd +23% 28th 24% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 29th 60% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 4th +19% 30th 49% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 21st +18% 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,427 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 76% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 6.7% in May 2026, down from 8.1% a year earlier.
6.7%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.7% (May 26) -0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Paterson, NJ 6.7% (May 26) 28th -1.4pp 1st 56% above peers
Salinas, CA 7.3% (May 26) 30th -0.9pp 2nd 70% above peers
Hayward, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 4th 16% below peers
Lakewood, CO 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.4pp 5th 19% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 6th 21% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% (May 26) 4th -0.2pp 7th 30% below peers
Pomona, CA 5.3% (May 26) 21st -0.2pp 8th 23% above peers
Escondido, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 9th 16% below peers
Springfield, MA 6.4% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 10th 49% above peers
Alexandria, VA 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 11th 33% below peers
Charleston, SC 3.0% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 12th 30% below peers
Savannah, GA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 14th 37% below peers
Kansas City, KS 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Corona, CA 4.0% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.2% (May 26) 13th +0.0pp 17th 2% below peers
Palmdale, CA 6.2% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 18th 44% above peers
Pasadena, TX 5.0% (May 26) 20th +0.1pp 19th 16% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% (May 26) 29th +0.2pp 20th 63% above peers
Denton, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Mesquite, TX 4.2% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 5.7% (May 26) 24th +0.4pp 23rd 33% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.5% (May 26) 23rd +0.5pp 24th 28% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.3% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 26th 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 27th 23% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.4% (May 26) 18th +0.8pp 28th 2% above peers
Hollywood, FL 4.2% (May 26) 15th +1.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.6% (May 26) 27th +1.5pp 30th 53% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.4% to 21.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.1% to 21.1%).
21.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 9.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.5% 6th -5.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.8% 3rd -2.5pp 2nd 58% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.1% 19th -5.6pp 3rd 7% above peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 5th -2.4pp 4th 44% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.1% 28th -5.3pp 5th 50% above peers
Kansas City, KS 15.8% 21st -3.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Pomona, CA 14.1% 16th -3.4pp 7th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 13.5% 15th -3.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 17.4% 23rd -4.1pp 9th 24% above peers
Escondido, CA 12.1% 13th -1.9pp 10th 14% below peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 8th -1.1pp 11th 38% below peers
Savannah, GA 18.3% 24th -2.0pp 12th 30% above peers
Charleston, SC 11.8% 12th -0.8pp 13th 16% below peers
Springfield, MA 24.9% 30th -1.1pp 14th 77% above peers
Rockford, IL 20.8% 27th -0.9pp 15th 48% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.5% 26th -0.7pp 16th 46% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 23.7% 29th -0.1pp 17th 69% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.0% 9th +0.1pp 18th 36% below peers
Palmdale, CA 15.6% 20th +0.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 33.4% 31st +0.6pp 20th 137% above peers
Joliet, IL 10.8% 11th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Denton, TX 14.9% 18th +0.4pp 22nd 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.4% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 69% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.3% 14th +0.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 59% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 4th +0.6pp 26th 49% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.8% 25th +1.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.5% 10th +1.3pp 28th 33% below peers
Surprise, AZ 8.5% 7th +1.2pp 29th 39% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.6% 17th +2.1pp 30th 4% above peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 22nd +2.7pp 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.6% to 29.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.4% to 29.4%).
29.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 2nd -11.8pp 1st 71% below peers
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 9th -7.3pp 2nd 35% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 3rd -3.0pp 3rd 69% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 4th 80% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 15th -8.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 16th -7.8pp 6th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 19th -8.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 11th -5.5pp 8th 19% below peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 21st -7.0pp 9th 22% above peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 25th -8.2pp 10th 66% above peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 18th -4.8pp 11th 9% above peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 6th -1.6pp 12th 43% below peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 13th 72% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 13th -1.7pp 14th 12% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 15th 103% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 16th 100% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 17th 70% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 12th +0.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 25% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 20th 192% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 21st 89% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 10th +1.2pp 22nd 26% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 24th +2.6pp 23rd 59% above peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 8th +1.3pp 24th 35% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 14th +2.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 17th +2.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 7th +1.9pp 27th 38% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 20th +3.9pp 28th 19% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 23rd +6.1pp 29th 47% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 68% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 5th +3.6pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband rose 20.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.2% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 26.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (62.9% to 89.3%).
89.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 92.9% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 24th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 28th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 25th +13.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 16th +13.6pp 4th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 19th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 6th 10% below peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 29th +10.4pp 8th 8% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +9.1pp 9th 8% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 23rd +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 26th +9.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 27th +8.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 12th +7.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 17th +7.8pp 14th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 11th +7.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 13th +7.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 7th +7.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 21st +5.9pp 18th 2% below peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 6th +5.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 15th +5.7pp 20th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 22nd +5.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 14th +4.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 18th +4.1pp 25th 1% below peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 5th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 10th +2.5pp 29th 1% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.48 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 13th -0.034 1st 4% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 26th -0.026 2nd 7% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 6th -0.021 3rd 8% below peers
Corona, CA 0.41 5th -0.010 4th 8% below peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 23rd -0.011 5th 5% above peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 21st -0.008 6th 3% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 28th -0.008 7th 9% above peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 24th -0.006 8th 6% above peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 7th -0.004 9th 7% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 22nd -0.004 10th 5% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 11th -0.001 11th 5% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 4th -0.001 12th 9% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 13th 7% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 31st +0.002 14th 16% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 19th +0.003 15th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 16th 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 12th +0.003 17th 5% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 27th +0.005 18th 8% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 14th +0.006 19th 3% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 16th +0.008 20th on par with peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 17th +0.009 21st 1% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 30th +0.015 22nd 13% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 29th +0.018 23rd 11% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 24th 7% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 10th +0.017 25th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 20th +0.020 26th 3% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 27th 11% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 25th +0.022 28th 7% above peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 1st +0.018 29th 14% below peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 18th +0.023 30th 1% above peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 15th +0.031 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 37.2% to 34.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 4.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (29.4% to 34.1%).
34.1%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 9th -3.1pp 1st 49% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 4th -1.5pp 3rd 64% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 8th -1.7pp 4th 51% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 15th -2.8pp 5th 4% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 69% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 7th 26% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 8th 75% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 18th -1.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 29th -3.1pp 10th 148% above peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 11th 163% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 16th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 19th +0.2pp 14th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 12th +0.2pp 15th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 11th +0.3pp 16th 45% below peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 17th +0.8pp 17th 5% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 14th +0.8pp 18th 19% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 26th +1.8pp 19th 61% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 20th 35% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 10th +0.6pp 21st 48% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 23rd +2.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 104% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 5th +0.8pp 24th 62% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 13th +1.7pp 25th 20% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 30th +7.7pp 26th 162% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 1st +0.7pp 27th 79% below peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 25th +4.9pp 28th 38% above peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 7th +1.6pp 29th 59% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 3rd +1.8pp 30th 65% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 22nd +8.6pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $541,017 in June 2026, up from $517,407 a year earlier.
$541,017
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $584,681 (Jun 26) +3.3%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rockford, IL $187,245 (Jun 26) 29th +9.9% 1st 60% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $368,276 (Jun 26) 19th +4.7% 2nd 21% below peers
Paterson, NJ $541,017 (Jun 26) 13th +4.6% 3rd 16% above peers
Naperville, IL $636,281 (Jun 26) 10th +4.4% 4th 36% above peers
Springfield, MA $308,418 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.7% 5th 34% below peers
Springfield, MO $248,023 (Jun 26) 25th +2.5% 6th 47% below peers
Kansas City, KS $206,133 (Jun 26) 28th +1.5% 7th 56% below peers
Joliet, IL $270,919 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.1% 8th 42% below peers
Charleston, SC $598,419 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 9th 28% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $2,077,157 (Jun 26) 1st +0.5% 10th 344% above peers
Salinas, CA $754,292 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 11th 61% above peers
Alexandria, VA $679,077 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 12th 45% above peers
Pomona, CA $687,948 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 13th 47% above peers
Palmdale, CA $505,741 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 14th 8% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $430,236 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 15th 8% below peers
Roseville, CA $652,216 (Jun 26) 9th -0.6% 16th 39% above peers
Lancaster, CA $467,567 (Jun 26) 15th -0.9% 17th on par with peers
Escondido, CA $798,611 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 18th 71% above peers
Corona, CA $762,689 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 19th 63% above peers
Killeen, TX $220,742 (Jun 26) 26th -1.0% 20th 53% below peers
Surprise, AZ $420,221 (Jun 26) 18th -2.2% 21st 10% below peers
Lakewood, CO $572,759 (Jun 26) 12th -2.4% 22nd 22% above peers
Savannah, GA $326,616 (Jun 26) 21st -2.9% 23rd 30% below peers
Pasadena, TX $219,864 (Jun 26) 27th -3.0% 24th 53% below peers
Mesquite, TX $262,798 (Jun 26) 24th -3.3% 25th 44% below peers
Denton, TX $353,757 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 26th 24% below peers
Bellevue, WA $1,470,486 (Jun 26) 2nd -3.9% 27th 214% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,344 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 28th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA $842,802 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.2% 29th 80% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 21% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $424,376 in June 2026, up from $398,984 a year earlier.
$424,376
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $367,009 (Jun 26) +3.4%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Rockford, IL $118,324 (Jun 26) 29th +13.1% 1st 69% below peers
Paterson, NJ $424,376 (Jun 26) 10th +6.4% 2nd 12% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $231,698 (Jun 26) 21st +6.3% 3rd 39% below peers
Springfield, MA $261,744 (Jun 26) 19th +4.9% 4th 31% below peers
Naperville, IL $401,276 (Jun 26) 12th +3.2% 5th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO $164,990 (Jun 26) 26th +2.2% 6th 56% below peers
Kansas City, KS $141,040 (Jun 26) 28th +2.1% 7th 63% below peers
Joliet, IL $201,630 (Jun 26) 24th +1.2% 8th 47% below peers
Salinas, CA $631,481 (Jun 26) 4th +0.9% 9th 67% above peers
Pomona, CA $576,836 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 10th 52% above peers
Charleston, SC $401,346 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 11th 6% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $330,473 (Jun 26) 17th -0.1% 12th 13% below peers
Roseville, CA $529,103 (Jun 26) 8th -0.1% 13th 40% above peers
Corona, CA $628,508 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 14th 66% above peers
Alexandria, VA $399,151 (Jun 26) 13th -0.3% 15th 5% above peers
Palmdale, CA $424,425 (Jun 26) 9th -0.5% 16th 12% above peers
Killeen, TX $163,831 (Jun 26) 27th -0.9% 17th 57% below peers
Escondido, CA $617,762 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 18th 63% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,264,284 (Jun 26) 1st -1.3% 19th 233% above peers
Lancaster, CA $387,189 (Jun 26) 14th -1.3% 20th 2% above peers
Surprise, AZ $355,108 (Jun 26) 16th -2.2% 21st 6% below peers
Bellevue, WA $772,400 (Jun 26) 2nd -3.8% 22nd 104% above peers
Denton, TX $274,740 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 23rd 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX $211,677 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.0% 24th 44% below peers
Pasadena, TX $168,991 (Jun 26) 25th -4.1% 25th 55% below peers
Savannah, GA $217,206 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 26th 43% below peers
Hayward, CA $652,742 (Jun 26) 3rd -4.8% 27th 72% above peers
Lakewood, CO $379,181 (Jun 26) 15th -4.9% 28th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL $240,956 (Jun 26) 20th -6.1% 29th 36% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.1% then, 26.9% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.3% to 26.9%).
26.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 10th +7.4pp 1st 11% above peers
Killeen, TX 49.5% 24th +5.7pp 2nd 9% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 13th +5.2pp 3rd 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 9th +4.6pp 4th 12% above peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 5th 9% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 8th +3.7pp 6th 15% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 25th +2.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 5th +3.1pp 8th 26% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 18th +2.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 3rd +3.0pp 10th 35% above peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 11th 45% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 11th +2.3pp 12th 8% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 27th +1.6pp 13th 19% below peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 14th 17% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 4th +2.4pp 15th 27% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 16th 51% below peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 22nd +1.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 29th +1.0pp 18th 21% below peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 17th +1.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 16th +0.9pp 20th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 6th +0.9pp 21st 22% above peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 15th +0.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 19th +0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 14th +0.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 12th -0.2pp 25th 7% above peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 7th -0.3pp 26th 17% above peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 2nd -0.8pp 27th 37% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 21st -0.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 30th -1.1pp 29th 23% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 28th -1.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 20th -2.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,941 in June 2026, down from $1,942 a year earlier.
$1,941
2022June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $1,208 (Jun 26) 29th +8.8% 1st 43% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $3,821 (Jun 26) 1st +6.4% 2nd 82% above peers
Salinas, CA $2,498 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 3rd 19% above peers
Springfield, MA $1,786 (Jun 26) 20th +4.4% 4th 15% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,614 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.8% 5th 23% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,245 (Jun 26) 14th +3.7% 6th 7% above peers
Pasadena, TX $1,372 (Jun 26) 25th +3.4% 7th 35% below peers
Kansas City, KS $1,319 (Jun 26) 26th +3.2% 8th 37% below peers
Naperville, IL $2,310 (Jun 26) 13th +3.1% 9th 10% above peers
Springfield, MO $1,230 (Jun 26) 28th +3.1% 10th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $2,105 (Jun 26) 15th +2.9% 11th on par with peers
Corona, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 4th +2.8% 12th 27% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,615 (Jun 26) 6th +2.5% 13th 24% above peers
Roseville, CA $2,645 (Jun 26) 5th +2.2% 14th 26% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,687 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 15th 20% below peers
Hollywood, FL $2,375 (Jun 26) 11th +1.6% 16th 13% above peers
Escondido, CA $2,504 (Jun 26) 7th +1.2% 17th 19% above peers
Bellevue, WA $2,796 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 18th 33% above peers
Pomona, CA $2,385 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 19th 13% above peers
Palmdale, CA $2,720 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.6% 20th 29% above peers
Lancaster, CA $2,403 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 21st 14% above peers
Paterson, NJ $1,941 (Jun 26) 16th -0.1% 22nd 8% below peers
Surprise, AZ $1,927 (Jun 26) 17th -0.5% 23rd 8% below peers
Alexandria, VA $2,318 (Jun 26) 12th -1.2% 24th 10% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,807 (Jun 26) 19th -1.3% 25th 14% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,437 (Jun 26) 24th -1.3% 26th 32% below peers
Killeen, TX $1,254 (Jun 26) 27th -1.7% 27th 40% below peers
Lakewood, CO $1,814 (Jun 26) 18th -2.2% 28th 14% below peers
Denton, TX $1,480 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.1% 29th 30% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.3% then, 56.6% now; margin ±3.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.5% to 56.6%).
56.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 36.7% -2.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 20th -5.9pp 1st 8% above peers
Joliet, IL 28.5% 2nd -3.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 24th -4.0pp 3rd 14% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 6th -2.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 27th -3.0pp 5th 21% above peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 7th -1.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 7th 33% above peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 22nd -1.4pp 8th 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 18th -1.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 5th -0.7pp 10th 23% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 1st -0.6pp 11th 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 26th -0.8pp 12th 21% above peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 13th 48% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 23rd -0.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 4th -0.1pp 15th 23% below peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 25th -0.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 12th +0.2pp 17th 6% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 13th +0.5pp 18th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 8th +0.7pp 19th 10% below peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 28th +1.4pp 20th 22% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 14th +1.2pp 21st 4% below peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 15th +1.9pp 22nd 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 16th +2.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 3rd +1.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 10th +2.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 21st +3.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 9th +3.1pp 27th 10% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 29th +4.5pp 28th 30% above peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 19th +4.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 17th +4.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 11th +5.5pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle fell 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.2% to 26.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.2% to 26.1%).
26.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 20th -2.4pp 1st 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 2nd 62% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.0% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 4th 179% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 5th 301% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 5th -0.9pp 6th 27% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 14th -0.9pp 7th 7% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 22nd -0.9pp 8th 38% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 27th -1.0pp 10th 88% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 12th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 25th -0.6pp 12th 73% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 14th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 15th 199% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 17th -0.2pp 16th 7% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 21st -0.2pp 17th 26% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 10th -0.1pp 18th 13% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 28th +0.1pp 20th 96% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 8th +0.0pp 21st 20% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 19th +0.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 13th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 18th +1.1pp 25th 8% above peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 26th +2.0pp 26th 75% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 23rd +1.7pp 27th 41% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 3rd +0.8pp 28th 43% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 11th +1.4pp 29th 12% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 9th +1.4pp 30th 16% below peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 1st +0.9pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.7% to 19.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.4% to 19.4%).
19.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 7.3% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 5.9% 7th -2.1pp 1st 31% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 64% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.6% 16th -2.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 66% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.3% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 56% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.4% 6th -0.7pp 6th 48% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.7% 18th -1.5pp 7th 25% above peers
Pomona, CA 10.9% 19th -1.4pp 8th 27% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.5% 10th -0.8pp 9th 24% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 10th 72% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.4% 27th -1.4pp 11th 80% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 5th -0.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Corona, CA 8.3% 15th -0.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Salinas, CA 12.2% 20th -0.8pp 14th 43% above peers
Springfield, MO 12.4% 21st -0.8pp 15th 45% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.6% 28th -1.0pp 16th 106% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 4th -0.2pp 17th 55% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 12th -0.3pp 18th 13% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.0% 8th -0.2pp 19th 29% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.7% 17th +0.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 8.0% 13th +0.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Denton, TX 15.3% 26th +0.5pp 22nd 79% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.4% 30th +0.7pp 23rd 150% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 14th +0.3pp 24th 5% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.3% 22nd +0.6pp 25th 55% above peers
Rockford, IL 7.1% 11th +0.4pp 26th 17% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.3% 31st +2.1pp 27th 231% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.7% 25th +1.2pp 28th 72% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.4% 29th +1.6pp 29th 127% above peers
Killeen, TX 14.2% 24th +2.7pp 30th 67% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.1% 9th +1.4pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 30.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 43% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 42% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 35% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 4th 26% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 5th 23% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 6th 18% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 15% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 8th 13% below peers
Alexandria, VA 29.5% 9th 12% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 10th 12% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 11th 9% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 12th 7% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 13th 6% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 14th 3% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 15th 3% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 16th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 17th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 18th 2% above peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 19th 3% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 20th 9% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 21st 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 11% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 23rd 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 24th 16% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 25th 19% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 26th 21% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 27th 23% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 28th 25% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 29th 27% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 30th 45% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 9.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 9.0%).
9.0%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 11th -2.0pp 1st 33% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 8th -1.2pp 2nd 42% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 5th -1.0pp 3rd 52% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 17th -1.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 13th -1.1pp 5th 20% below peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 7th -0.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 25th -1.9pp 7th 48% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 23rd -1.0pp 8th 40% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 16th -0.7pp 9th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 1st -0.1pp 10th 63% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 26th -0.3pp 11th 52% above peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 28th +0.3pp 12th 96% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 19th +0.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 14th +0.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 15th 270% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 22nd +0.5pp 16th 37% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 30th +1.4pp 17th 191% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 21st +0.7pp 18th 27% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 9th +0.4pp 19th 39% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 20th +0.8pp 20th 16% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 12th +0.6pp 21st 22% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 24th +1.2pp 22nd 44% above peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 29th +2.2pp 23rd 147% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 6th +0.5pp 24th 48% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 27th +1.8pp 25th 89% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 10th +0.7pp 26th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 3rd +0.6pp 27th 56% below peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 28th 55% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 15th +1.7pp 29th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 18th +2.3pp 30th 10% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.1% then, 11.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 11.8%).
11.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 43.6% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 20th +4.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 28th +3.1pp 2nd 46% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 10th +6.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 16th +5.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 11th +5.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 13th +5.4pp 6th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 12th +5.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 22nd +3.1pp 8th 32% below peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 18th +3.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 14th +4.0pp 10th 3% above peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 25th +2.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 12th 47% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 24th +2.2pp 13th 34% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 6th +4.4pp 14th 48% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 23rd +1.9pp 15th 33% below peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 27th +1.6pp 16th 44% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 26th +1.8pp 17th 36% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 5th +5.2pp 18th 91% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 8th +3.4pp 19th 41% above peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 21st +1.7pp 20th 28% below peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 9th +2.9pp 21st 37% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 15th +2.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 23rd 127% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 24th 61% below peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 25th 137% above peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 7th +2.6pp 26th 45% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 19th +1.1pp 27th 23% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 28th 136% above peers
Alexandria, VA 66.2% 4th +3.1pp 29th 117% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 17th +0.9pp 30th 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 10.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.1% to 58.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.8pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.1% to 58.2%).
58.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 61.6% -3.7pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 16th +11.8pp 1st on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 18th +9.6pp 2nd 10% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 12th +8.7pp 3rd 11% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 2nd +8.3pp 4th 42% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 5th 36% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 22nd +3.3pp 6th 17% below peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 15th +3.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 27th +1.0pp 8th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 9th 45% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 19th -2.0pp 10th 11% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 6th -3.8pp 11th 29% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 11th -4.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 17th -3.8pp 13th 10% below peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 10th -4.8pp 14th 13% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 5th -5.9pp 15th 30% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 16th 40% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 14th -4.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 24th -3.8pp 18th 20% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 20th -4.5pp 19th 14% below peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 13th -6.8pp 20th 10% above peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 7th -10.9pp 21st 27% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 9th -12.0pp 22nd 15% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 31st -7.3pp 23rd 43% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 28th -9.6pp 24th 35% below peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 30th -8.9pp 25th 41% below peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 23rd -12.8pp 26th 19% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 8th -19.0pp 27th 19% above peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 21st -17.6pp 28th 15% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 25th -15.7pp 29th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 29th -12.9pp 30th 40% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 26th -23.1pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 6.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.3% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 5.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 12th -4.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 7th -2.4pp 3rd 23% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 13th -2.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 6th -1.7pp 5th 25% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 6th 67% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 22nd -1.9pp 7th 27% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 14th -1.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 9th -0.9pp 9th 18% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 10th -0.8pp 10th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 11th -0.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 15th -0.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 16th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 19th -0.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 24th -0.5pp 15th 33% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 20th -0.4pp 16th 19% above peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 21st +0.0pp 17th 23% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 25th +0.1pp 18th 36% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 28th +0.7pp 19th 83% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 8th +0.6pp 21st 23% below peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 89% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 18th +1.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 27th +2.3pp 24th 75% above peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 5th +1.1pp 25th 29% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 31st +3.8pp 26th 102% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 30th +3.9pp 27th 96% above peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 23rd +3.2pp 28th 30% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 26th +4.0pp 29th 57% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 4th +1.9pp 30th 44% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 3rd +1.7pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 145,710 to 158,735 - more than the combined survey margin (±96). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (146,341 to 158,735).
158,735
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 6th +18% 1st 4% above peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 14th +15% 2nd 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 17th +14% 3rd on par with peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 19th +14% 4th on par with peers
Denton, TX 152,866 21st +12% 5th 1% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 9th +9% 6th 2% above peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 10th +9% 7th 2% above peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 2nd +6% 8th 9% above peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 4th +5% 9th 6% above peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 22nd +5% 10th 2% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 27th +4% 11th 4% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 3rd +4% 12th 8% above peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 5th +4% 13th 4% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 28th +2% 14th 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 13th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 23rd +2% 16th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 24th +2% 17th 3% below peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 1st +2% 18th 10% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 30th +2% 19th 5% below peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 15th +2% 20th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 16th +2% 21st on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 20th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 12th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 18th +0% 24th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 31st +0% 25th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 8th -0% 26th 2% above peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 11th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 25th -1% 28th 3% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 26th -3% 29th 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 29th -3% 30th 5% below peers
Corona, CA 159,670 7th -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.3% then, 27.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.6% to 27.6%).
27.7%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 21.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Charleston, SC 17.3% 29th +0.6pp 1st 25% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 14th +0.3pp 2nd 1% above peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 6th +0.4pp 3rd 20% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 27th -0.0pp 4th 21% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 21st -0.0pp 5th 12% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 10th -0.2pp 6th 6% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 7th -0.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 28th -0.2pp 8th 23% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 9th 28% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 9th -0.6pp 10th 8% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 12th -0.6pp 11th 5% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 13th -0.8pp 12th 5% above peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 3rd -1.0pp 13th 27% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 25th -0.7pp 14th 17% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 15th 21% above peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 19th -1.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 2nd -1.6pp 17th 27% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 23rd -1.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 16th -1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 20th 21% above peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 26th -1.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 8th -2.0pp 22nd 16% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 24th -1.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 18th -1.8pp 24th 2% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 15th -2.1pp 25th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 17th -2.2pp 26th 1% below peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 22nd -1.9pp 27th 15% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 20th -2.3pp 28th 10% below peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 30th -2.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 11th -3.3pp 30th 6% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 31st -2.7pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (54.6% then, 54.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 54.0%).
54.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 26.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 29th +3.8pp 1st 57% below peers
Salinas, CA 43.8% 10th +9.2pp 2nd 18% above peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 12th +7.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 16th +5.8pp 4th on par with peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 2nd +7.3pp 5th 71% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 11th +4.5pp 6th 17% above peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 24th +2.1pp 7th 31% below peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 14th +2.8pp 8th 4% above peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 22nd +1.4pp 9th 29% below peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 9th +2.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 8th +2.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 12th 47% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 13th 47% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 14th 62% below peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 27th +0.3pp 15th 39% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 19th +0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 7th -0.1pp 17th 39% above peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 6th -0.6pp 18th 46% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 18th -0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 3rd -1.0pp 20th 51% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 21st 72% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 4% above peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 15th -1.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 24th 64% below peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 23rd -2.0pp 25th 30% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 21st -2.3pp 26th 27% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 20th -3.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 17th -4.2pp 28th 5% below peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 26th -3.9pp 29th 33% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 28th -4.0pp 30th 52% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 25th -6.3pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.7% then, 64.4% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 64.4%).
64.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 72.4% +4.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 18% above peers
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 24th +10.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 27th +9.5pp 3rd 9% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 19th +9.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 11th +8.7pp 5th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 30th +6.0pp 6th 11% below peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 3rd +7.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 15th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 7th +6.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 17th +5.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 11th 18% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 20th +3.7pp 12th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 9th +4.0pp 13th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 8th +3.9pp 14th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 15th 7% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 22nd +3.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 13th +2.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 12th +2.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 10th +1.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 16th -1.3pp 21st on par with peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 6th -1.7pp 22nd 7% above peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 4th -2.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 21st -2.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 5th -3.4pp 25th 8% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 27th 6% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 28th -4.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 14th -6.3pp 29th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 18th -7.7pp 30th 2% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 29th -10.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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14 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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